Cradle to Career publishes community report

2018-10-16 Community Report

2018-09-26 Press Release

2018-09-19 Announcement

Hello Cradle to Career supporters,

Cradle to Career is excited to announce we are recruiting for Collaborative Action Network (CAN) conveners for Kindergarten Readiness and On-Time Graduation. Attached, you will find criteria for the convening organization. We are offering two informational meetings to answer any questions you may have.

Julie Brock Appointment as C2C ED

Rochester, MN – Cradle to Career announced today that Julie Brock will join the community wide initiative as Executive Director. Bringing experiences in secondary education, workforce development, and strategy design, Brock will begin her work at Cradle to Career on September 17, 2018.

Cradle to Career co-chair, Erin Sexton said, “We had a very robust field of candidates for this position, and the Leadership Table is pleased to have found someone of Julie's caliber to join us at this important time for Cradle to Career.”

Elaine Case, Cradle to Career co-chair added, “Her vision, drive, energy aligns with Cradle to Career’s goal to help every child and young adult succeed in school and career. I am delighted Julie will be joining us in this key position to help lead the community in our efforts to improve educational outcomes.”

The Executive Director plays an instrumental role in building and sustaining this community wide coalition, which will help introduce new ways of working together to improve educational outcomes. “We are incredibly lucky to have so many organizations dedicated to the success of others within our community and I am honored to be part of this vitally important work,” Brock said.

Brock was selected following an extensive search. She comes to Cradle to Career after previously serving as Workforce Strategy Consultant for the State of Minnesota, Vice President of Workforce Development with the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce, and sixteen years in secondary education. Brock holds her Bachelors of Arts in English, Secondary Education Certification in Language Arts Education, and Master of Arts in Human Development.

Community Beam (dmcbeam.org) is a registry of private and public resources (organizations, projects, initiatives, programs) that underpin economic and social developments of greater Rochester:

For the commercial sector, we tend to register startup activities (new companies and new commercial projects) that bring diversification and high-impact opportunities to the area.

For the non-profit sector, we wish to shine light on all the organizations and services that otherwise labor under relative obscurity.

Our hope is that dmcbeam.org will encourage cross-sector collaborations and creative solutions.

While there are a number of registries in the community, dmcbeam.org's distinct value is to pilot a database with a data structure and categorizations that answer the questions such as: What organizations or projects/programs in our community that have purported relevance with some of the over-arching focuses put forward by initiatives such as DMC, J2G and Health Improvements?

This database could be used as one of the ways to explore the capacities of the community. If you are someone on an exploratory journey to learn about the greater Rochester community. dmcbeam.org could be an interesting first step.

Definitions

The following defines the various project phases:

Available - a product, program or service is in production

Develop - program or application is being developed

Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.

Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept demonstration